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A SEW CHAPTER in the Treasury. Card from r Mr. N. D. Russell. %oine Light On the City Method of Ac- T t§ counting. To thb Public -As it has been re marked to me that, saying examined •TREASURER HARVEY’S BOOKS so loan, it was curioas that an account an'.of my experiencedidn’t discover the state of affairs in the treasury depart ment, I beg to submit the following at to my relation with that department: la 1894 or '95 I was appointed by Mr. A. H. Lane, chairman of the Finance „ Committee, to examine theTREASUR ER’S BOOKS. I took up the work where Mr. J. E. dußignon, who was in council, and had been doing it “gratis,” left it cff. I checked what any other examlier would, viz: The books in the TREASURER’S office and the vouchers -he submitted to me. Now, since when was discovered the art of checking what is NOT ENTERED? Anybody who has rati experience will kindly iutorm me imp it La done. It's a brand oew idea on pt. In prosecution of the work the errors I found were duly corrected on the face of the records, t .Hying the bala: if* called for with a count of the cash. The City Ctera’s books and the City M >’■ ml’s books I nefir had anything to < do w.th, or was expected or asked to in vestigate, and in- evidence of this, when marshal tendered his re *P° r to his resignation, the minutes of ektsacjl report “it was refer red to the Finance Committee,” but it never was submitted to me nor a word mentioned to me concerning it. At va rious times I would find entries on the Treaefirer’s books of receipt* of sums received fr>m the City Marshal and from Rills discounted ALWAYS ac companied by A VOUCHER from the , jpLERK’S office. Now, what IS curi ous is this. At the end of the city’s fis cal year there was an itemized report by the Treasurer and submitted to LAftcr He Comes HLc has a hard enough time. Every- Wthing that the expectant mother I can do to help her child she should f do. One of the greatest blessings | she can give him is he Ith, hut to I do this, she must have health ber- E self. She should use every means a to improve her physical condition. | She should, by all means, supply | hersolf with | g?l|jf!\ Fries? ci. 11 "'• il take her | A _ .Bin through the crisis j £ W* V easily and II quickly. Itisa < T \/ liniment which 1 i V Kives strength \ SV, I anc i vigor to the , ■ \\\\ ) muscles. Cora- ‘ I mon sense will I ■ ' show you * - / that the ■ Bwz- HkA stronger the j BBbßa We muscles are, j which bear the ( J strain, the less j * * pain there will be. < A woman living In Fort Wayne, j Ind., says: “Motfc-r’s Friend did ’ wonders for me. Praise God for i J-your liniment.” Read this from Hunel, Cal. ! •* Mother’s Friend is a blessing to • all women who. undergo nature's ; ordeal of childbirth.'' Get Mother's friend at tha drug store. $1 per bottle. § THE BRADfIELD REGULATOR CO., j Atiodta, Ga. , Writ# for oor irm IHortmted book, ** Before ( Bftby in Born/' ( Council of ALL revenues from ALL sources and the disbursements. This, in turn, was referred to the Finance Committee then to myself for recheck ing. When done, this report was hand ed back to the chairman of the Finance Committee and then to the Clerk, who SHOULD HAVE KNOWN if his records were correctly kept; of any and screpancy AT ONCE in the Treasurer’s statement, as it should agree with his books, the Clerk being, in fact, the city's bookkeeper, the Treasur er, the Cashier. It now appears there were discrepancies running through 1897 and 1898 of nearly $20,000 iu one tK-m ON UIB RECORDS, and that item the most important and vital iu any commercial or corporate enterprise, BILLS DATABLE, wherein he made out the notes, entered them on his bill book, billed them o the treasurer, kept a ledger sac .uni of this item, (and has, since 893, he informs mo) in fact the only re cord as the treasurer’s is rnirely a voucher. offices Of clerk and treasurer|ver*y divided, in order that, the clerk treasurer. *MPy, I might examine the TIfEASUftER’S books a thousand times and in a thousand certifica tions sXytaj city council having disbursed T 1 (19 T* r %il mOp revauua of slOfl, FIND ffh his books, but to w P*> Ipof.el If tin report is pigeonholed e>X not Bproad oroperljr on the minutes, and commit tee and e'erk nevor compare or investi gate it, but sit supinely WIl’H YUK RECORD STARING THEM IN THjfi FACE not aicounffl!? for money a? the rate of SIO,OOO a jetr. Isn’t ibis a little ' “curious” oris ft just gross carlessansa and tnoompfit eacj'r . Thi tiily Its Vane > l ever saw the clerk’s looks was when t t'c-ohr Aftpfl the report fur fiotl year eadftig Jatisry 31, 1900, and at thn' iequoat of Mr. E -11. Mason, chairman of the finsate comm t'.ee, I eomnaifd the bi le pay sble entries tbe-eln, with tfieoterk's r’- cord and they agreed tut that was lbs fiscal year 1899—1900 only, In a third re-ebeefe by the cletk t n<j treasurer since the dnoref,ai.cy diacovjcd ty tte wa* els c ivcretl two errors of motnept w.hich 1 had passed and failed to deteot one of SI,OOO, Ir. sdd tioT whldh the tf-jasorer bad made against but as the bal-ncc called for at the count was loithcotr.ley, I had no check on myself; co rcced.it reduces the disc.epaacv I thit much. Thi o hir was SIOO aso I in tddiiion which escaped me and lal j this fce n the ouly and sirepancy, Ihi city I wc uld have b- ei out that hundred dol ! tar on my account. 1 hi? Is practically the sum torsi of my mistake and Is op en to criticism but I seriously object to shouldering the blame of others. This b log a public ma’ter. I tta .e the f.c s that ihe public rr.ay pass judgment a-1 to the reepons.bili y. Ketp ctfully, It N. D. Rcssxi.l, Have yon a sense of fnl'nessln the region of your Stomach after eaUne'- If so you will lie benefited by nsing Chamteilain’s Ttomach and Liver Tablets. They alar, ut,etching and bout stomach. They regulate the bowels too. Price2sc. Sold by Bishop's Drug Store. The Brunswick Cleaning and Pr ss ing Company Is the only place In towD to have your clo hes properly cleaned and pressed. Jim Carter ;s the man ager ol th’a reliable establishment. None equals J’m Carter in cleaning clothes. THE BRUNSWICK TIMES-CALL. SEPTEMBER H, 1900 NAVaL REJOICING. >' Bar Harbor.; Me., Sept. lO.—Tbq ofr fleers and men of the British andAm erican fleets now in the harbdr, togeth er with a large number of the Boctal set here, started on an excursion this morning to Somers Sound. Lunohtpn ’* *S - ( V 4 -• ‘i > >'-y* w .s served pa, board ilia Scorpion, This afternoon a reception was given'by Mrs. Frederick Joy, and in the even ing Vice-Admiral Bedford \wai a host in complimentary dimer to Rcar-Ad m'ral Farxutiar and officers of his fleet.' The fleets will stay in the harbor fojji two weeks, . .. WATSON* IS HOME.' -f' X Brooklj n, N. ‘ Y', v§4pt. 10’—Tbs oruiser Haiti more, Admir* l{ *JV at sop’s fisgsbip, arrived at the Navy Yard' this afternoon.-?- Admiral Wjttson ft, aboard, and will immediately depart for hi? borne on leave of absence. Baltimore will be dergo a thorough overbauitfyf. is the first timA. smcaUbe opening ot the Philtppini touched SoUM.ii;tllfHwWiAw—f> to How - .p- the -End Will Mm. ta. seena. to agree that the llSjptta sortie day H to be dentroyrij'-by a* giganßccftbiu-lysm, but ;sgrec upon 'fhe “how.” Dr. Ileliry 4Smlth Wtlliaqja, * writing in Harper's. Montlily on ‘'Some Unsolved Scientific Problems. * snyst . “if so much uncertainty abends these fundamental questions u.s to the qgrtb's past and present, ft is cot strange that open p'roblemS ns to her future are still more:,numerous. \Ve r have seeu how, aero id lug - to. Professor Darwin’s computations, fhp' Tooon threatens to come bar* ta earth with destructive.force som# day. Yet Dro;., feasor Darwin himself urges -that there are eltnetus of fitllilSUify in the date rob the computation of ? ,s•' thing is true of .per liuptf-oft vlfp eathuates that have beau mandate* to the earth'd ultitpafe fate. Thus itJhya-lfefco su kin ted OWtC even should 'kc&mdji forsake tia. our da/ wfflk®eeufle tboqtb long and then year long; that ail the water of the globe filter into Us dopthaiibi*, aU. th* air,. fly off Into sj'uee.' pdf earth 'As dry and as y?--hWtet>here a* the iuoou.and, Tina j If, -HS'at.elher /ration, If. It sfgifit, or, & default oT llmh meteoric frittfou, must hWimittily, bring the earth back te-thr*Mb. • all tfiesp prognostications OM>ljr*sepossible cbuipensatiug factors that jirßate the estimates and leave the'exaCWesulta in doubt. The last wcWd df -rfie coemic science of our cen tury Is .1 prophecy of evil—lf annihila tion be an evil. Rut ft Is left for the eclenee of auother generation to point out more clearly the exact terms In prophecy is moat likely to giiuk I |lter' lirttlsh Iteirlmmla. The greifadier guards were nicknam ed ‘/he C.ol Ilea™**” because they were at tmei' t)|ptstdhiw<-d to work In plain ehijttki*'nt for private employefrih -The Sewatli foot were "Tlio Elegant Batraets” because at one time all their officers “lmd been chosen from other corps.” Tlie Forty-sixth owed their name of “The Lacedemonians” to their colonel’s stirring speech on the ancient Spartans. Like many other regiments. “The Gallant Fiftieth” re ceived several nicknames—“ The Blind Half Hundred,” from their ophthalmic troubles in Egypt, and “The Dirty Half nundrod” because In their penln aular fights they wiped themselves with their black facings. The One Hun dredth regiment are “The Old Hun dred” and “The Centipedes.” The Twenty-eighth were called “The Fore and Afts” because, standing back to back, they repelled a front and rear Attack before Alexandria in 1801. The Cheshire regiment lias been christened “The Lightning Conductors” because “in the Irish maneuvers of 1899 several men were struck by lightning during a night march.”—London News. The Rlnff'hulK. The rlug-hal does not disdain an in sect diet Beetles, grasshoppers, lo custs and termites are all readily de voured, as well ns ticks and hots pick ed from the hides of cattle. 1 bare sometimes amused myself by watching the bold yet cautious and gentle man ner In which one of these ravens will approach a reclining ox and, after a preliminary course of soothing caress es. accompanied by a soft “cawing” cote, Insert his head Into the ear and dexterously extract the ticks. These birds always seem to have a good un derstanding wltft the older and more experienced oxen, who will, at a hint from one of them, lie down and place themselves in the most favorable posi tion for the extraction of their para altes.—Stark'a Birds of Sooth Africa. | ■ - I always keep on hand 'Pain-Kißer i Tlyere Is Bo kind of pain °T scfte, Internal or oxter-. 1 nal, that ’ Pain-Killer wilD 'not relieve.; , tAOk, OUT TOR,IMITATIONS AND SUB-' STirpTES. -Th£; genuine settle 1 BEARS THE NAVIE,. I : PERftYJDAVIS A SON. ! Poisonous to HhrtoW resembling mushrooms have caused frcaucnt^leatjisthisyeni;. Jtesure ip use only the genuine. IHisi'i vc the same cure when you;ask for peWlu’s.With; Hazel,’, Salve They are poisonous conritorfeiU. Dewitt’s is the only Original Witch Hazel Salve. It Is sate cure for plies and all skin diseases !?jp job offi.uk. Those who want the best w.-n- at ' *-<►>' C • ' *'■ s’ . h lowest figure#, should brlrv lit t ”On large dedgers, cur work will make you a ton ad<l&% incitor •fiWoall. ■ T;ii§. : progioijsirj,e njitioneof the, worhlafe the | gi** feod eonsutalug nations, .'tbotl food well i etrengtlf.'-TfVou cannot. ,digust i .all jaui eaftfOu need Kotlol Dyspepsia Otero. U yon’eat. hot ditit your sty. T-contains all of comlitaed .Mittal best knowa topfe amt reconstrullVes ■ft W>n even Asgests aljkcStuirtcs of foods ihSfltot tle. No other preparWhi wilt dp this. |l iu stnatlyrelioveii and cures all stomoch troobTuf' W“.Vtißs A g i ‘j ' ■ ' , Ai mi:AD HATES TO ItiCHMON'O Account HaDtlst Cinvention, Rich mot and, Vs , Plant Systpm will sell (lok eie rrpm Brunswick at rate off 17.73 for round.trip. Tiokets on Sept. 10, 11 and 1, final limit Sept. 22, This rate open to everybody. Knssall’s Chill and Tonic is acknowledgd to be the Boat on the tnarket every bottle guaranteed. For sale by all druggists, KisHSnunee, Ga„ JUncUK lkWi-Dr. J. H. Mc- Lean's StrengteufngCordfnl and Blood I’urtnor ft,tk* beet medicine of its kind made, f have uactlft and know it tiTt.c good. C. P, JUel)n. let. For sale by W. J. Butts, the di-ngjiftt.', td/!i Ki-uii, the Tasteless AJuintno Tonic, lafi-e* chills and fevor- 2r,c a bottle. For Bladder Troubles use STUART’S GIN and BUCHU. wanted. Artesiau wells to drive at S2BO each Rise arid cspaciry guaranlsetl wtlrl tlso guarantee to cumphts wells in 15 days. Call on or addre-ie A. H. Bak -r, 205 Gloucester street. The emergency bags sent i.y a cliureii foclct to Kansas soldiers in the BliOlpplnts contained among the necessities a box of lJcWitt’s Witch Ilurel Salve, llio well known cure for piles, in juries and skin diseases. The ladioa took care to obtain the original DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, knowing that all the counterfeits are worthless. W.J. Butts. A SPECIAL POISISK TO IIOCSEWIVXS, Dried Smokeless Boneless Herring and ajquicltly fried egg make a most acceptable ‘ hot weather” breakfast pleasing fo cook, pleasing to appetite. J have the Herring, the real “Katzen .lammo!” k.nd, with true dyed-in-the wool flavoring, the kind which wakes up the jaded appetite. It Is absolutely boneless and in thin Strips about 5 inches long and half inch wide. A jar will make a meal. Packed in glass jars. Try ajar now—just the season for them. THOMAS KBANT, FANCY GROCER. Phone 11, 312 Newcastle Street. $47-50 * , . V- .1 •' f ••• i * '' > *'t* • • ’ :* '• . - '• ' '• , 4 - • ' \\ ill!'buy a Model 59 Columbia Chainless Bicycle. $37-50 * *. % ' - - ' r ‘ . •'/ .‘ i *. *.. * 'ViII buy a-Model 51 Ladies Chainless Bicycle: $25.50 ’ ‘' ' ji, ► buy a Ladies Cu hion Frame Bicycle- This is something nice . Try one- buy one! sls OO to $20.00 W ill buy a good Ladies’ or Gents’ Bicycle, at the DOWNING CO "JlfS'Y-’ ' -Wk ’ •-• * ' \ ' ; - ''' Blf Summer Furniture. A clearance sa’c to make room for new goods. [ Parlor Suit, 5 pio-es, worth S4O, now $29. / __ 1 Oak Refrigerator, worth S2O, now sl6. 1 Oak B and Room binre, n pieces, worth $25, now $1& Bed Lounge*/worth $lO, now sl2. : flfeaßWWSr.aftaß Centre Tab!oks) oents to SO. tl^miHßSwT Toe Cream Freezers wor:li $2 .50 at $1 98. and C RB,lortnll ' nt of Sideboards, Cupboarda Bp Prices Below Hit Market. C. McGARVEY. \V. 11. Itott K\. J.,v lilt A I IT. BOWEN & BUtflr. r*si ms au *= Of Stoa. Brick ind Framfe Buildings 91 h imLift tit ers of Tild huh Artificial Stone. A WISE PROVISION- .Never be without some or our Wines and Whisky in the house It is the best for health and hospitality. The doctor piiscribes it and friend*approve it. l’ure, rich, mellow. F=?. N/_ DOUGL-AS, 200 Bav Street of my brand* ot VVJNKK ANI>7 V Tfit and nature will be grratljr ‘ i T din the work of r coupe [\ . v% M>SKKIFHr of excellent quality, ar s j hSYe l>een bottled and matured nmier 1 our immediate aupervlNion, Bata BtkJfa*'*? brand baalKieti a-1 cited tiecunae of aotne tN... i B apeaial merit. Kiud out which aoJla. l | 1 | pbiom TosijiT. mp’l,, ,jc |n i \t j r 5